Click-thru Amazon, Christmas Party

Just to remind you that you can place your online orders at Amazon by clicking through from our blog site.  We will earn about 5% commission which will go toward our funding of the Abrazando Christo Nicaraugan mission.  Some of you have already done so because I checked today and we have earned $21.26!  Also please feel free to copy the paragraph below and send to your friends and family.  Or place it as a signature on your emails.

When you use this website, www.swlapulpwoodqueens.blogspot.com to click thru to Amazon.com ANY purchases you make will support Abrazando Christo Mission to Nicaraugua.  This is the fundraiser for my book club, Southwest Louisiana Pulpwood Queens.  For the past 2 years, one of our members and her family, have gone to Nicaraugua and brought our donations to purchase Spanish Bibles and other books for the orphanage.  Thank you for supporting this mission.

 

CHRISTMAS PARTY:  Reminder our Christmas Party will be Dec 9 , 5:30 pm at Queen Brenda Venable's home in Carlyss.  1315 Southern Oaks Dr, Sulphur LA
Food Committee:  Queens Brenda, Erin, Peggy, Grace and Beverly
 
Bring Christmas presents to exchange.  If possible bring something usuable around the house that you no longer use.  Example:  last year I received a clock that goes perfectly in my kitchen.  Others brought Christmas decorations.
 
Bring Books, Childrens Books, Magazines to donate to the Women's Shelter.  They are usually pretty full this time of year.  I could make some stickers that we can place in the books that say "Donated by Southwest Louisiana Pulpwood Queens"  What do you think?
 
Next books:
Jan:  The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder by Rebecca Wells
Feb: South of Broad by Pat Conroy
 
 

 

EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me

PQ Book Club Fundraiser through Amazon.com

My book club is sponsoring a fundraiser for Abrazando  Christo mission in Nicaraugua.  One of our members and several members of her family, bring our donation every year and purchase books, supplies and Bibles for the orphanage.  We would appreciate your support.  Simply use our website, www.swlapulpwoodqueens.blogspot.com to click thru to www.amazon.com  Just click on one of the book selections.  Then go anywhere on Amazon and make your purchase.  We will receive a small commission which will be used to fund literary projects for the mission.  Thank you! 

 

When you go to our blog site, you will find that we are now connected with Amazon.com on a click-thru.  Any purchases you make by using the click-thru, will bring commissions, 1-6% depending on volume, I have used our next two books as the initial click thru product, once you are at the amazon site you can make any other purchases and still receive credit.  This will be a great way to fund our Abrazando Christo mission projects.  I invite you to share this with your friends and family.  Just click anywhere on the graphic of the book.  Again our blog site is www.swlapulpwoodqueens.blogspot.com

 
 
PS  You can copy and paste the above paragraph and send to your friends and family, if you wish

 

[Southwest Louisiana Pulpwood Queens Book Club] Dinner with author Kathryn Casey

I just posted this to our BLOG site  www.swlapulpwoodqueens.blogspot.com   also I posted several new pictures on facebook
 
It was great to have Kathryn as our special guest.  I can't wait to read the next one in the Sarah Armstrong series, Cross Roads, when it comes out toward the end of next year.  Also, for those who weren't there, one of her true crime novels has been picked up by Lifetime channel and it may be coming out next fall also.  Just keep looking for her stuff, I think more and more people are becoming fans.
 

When you go to our blog site, you will find that we are now connected with Amazon.com on a click-thru.  Any purchases you make by using the click-thru, will bring commissions, 1-6% depending on volume, I have used our next two books as the initial click thru product, once you are at the amazon site you can make any other purchases and still receive credit.  This will be a great way to fund our Abrazando Christo mission projects.  I invite you to share this with your friends and family.  Just click anywhere on the graphic of the book.  Again our blog site is www.swlapulpwoodqueens.blogspot.com

 
 
PS  You can copy and paste the above paragraph and send to your friends and family, if you wish
 
You all are the BEST!
 
Kay

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Subject: [Southwest Louisiana Pulpwood Queens Book Club] Dinner with author Kathryn Casey


Everyone was mesmerized by Kathryn Casey as she shared tales of her writing life as a true crime author and now a new voice in fiction through her Texas Ranger Sarah Armstrong. Her recent book, Blood Lines, was our November selection, an eagerly awaited sequel to Singularity.

Kathryn shared with us how she has managed to weave tidbits of true crime stories into the fictional crimes. Her in depth interviewing of celebrities gave her insight into the mind of a celebrity who is being stalked. Kathryn puts you into the mind of the character and it feels just right.

We were all honored to have her share an evening with us, after being a presentor at the annual Bayou Writers Conference in Lake Charles. Kathryn Thank you!

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Posted By Kay Huck to Southwest Louisiana Pulpwood Queens Book Club at 11/15/2009 09:46:00 PM

Dinner with author Kathryn Casey

Everyone was mesmerized by Kathryn Casey as she shared tales of her writing life as a true crime author and now a new voice in fiction through her Texas Ranger Sarah Armstrong. Her recent book, Blood Lines, was our November selection, an eagerly awaited sequel to Singularity.

Kathryn shared with us how she has managed to weave tidbits of true crime stories into the fictional crimes. Her in depth interviewing of celebrities gave her insight into the mind of a celebrity who is being stalked. Kathryn puts you into the mind of the character and it feels just right.

We were all honored to have her share an evening with us, after being a presentor at the annual Bayou Writers Conference in Lake Charles. Kathryn Thank you!

Hillene has a publishing date!

Hillene,
 
This is awesome!  I am so proud and happy for you!!!
 
I'll be passing this on to our members and posting on FB
 
Kay

 

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Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:25:11 -0600

Her blog address is down at the bottom. A little snippet of my essay is on it today. Look at the cover. It's beautiful. Hillene

 

From: Linda Busby Parker [mailto:lbparker@msn.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 2:16 PM
To: above
Subject: More Info

 

Attached find:  a jpeg of the front book cover. You might want it for some promotional purposes. I've also included a double spread of front and back cover—this is more for your own eyes because you probably can't include the front/back in any kind of promotion.  Also, attached find a brief press release—actually, more a books store release. 

 

Here are some dates for readings/signings.  Thursday, December 3^rd,   5-7 p.m.—reading in Dothan, Alabama at Barnes & Noble; Friday, December 11, from 5-7 p.m. reading at Page & Palette Book Store in Fairhope, Alabama , Saturday, December 12, reading at Barnes & Noble in Mobile at 2 p.m.  Kathleen Thompson has a book signing on for early December at Little Professor Book Store in Birmingham.  Kathleen and Liz McCormick will handle that one.  Little Professor is a small store.  We want as many as possible to participate in Dothan, Fairhope, and Mobile, however.  I know many of you are planning on being present at the Mobile reading—that's great!

 

I'll be the guest at a Mobile book club on Monday, December 16. That book club adopted the 2008 Christmas book as their November 2009 read. It's a good-sized book club too!   A Sunday school class at Springhill Presbyterian Church asked me to speak on  Sunday, December 20.  They're interested in all the different perspectives on the Christmas season as evidenced in the Christmas books.  I think there I'll talk more about personal essays, but I'll also incorporate several short stories.  I spoke to a book club in southwest Louisiana on October 28 and had an opportunity to mention the Christmas books. So, opportunities abound everywhere! 

 

The books are rolling off the press as I write, but I won't have them in my hands for several more days.  Our printer is in Minnesota.  They are coming to you—priority mail-- as soon as I receive them.  More on other readings and other info. as I have it.  I've posted a couple of more excerpts on the blog today.  www.lindabusbyparker.us       All my best to everyone!

 

Linda

 

Meeting Saturday evening

Just to remind you of our PQ meeting this Saturday Nov 14 at 5:30 pm at Queen Linda Breaux Ory's home in lake Charles.

Hope to see all of you there to meet our special guest, author Kathryn Casey!

And didn't you just love Sarah Armstrong in Blood Lines? Also, I hope you can find a favorite passage to quote since I have to read something from her book at Girlfriends Weekend.

See you Saturday

Kay